The Duplicate Man

"The Duplicate Man" is an episode of the original The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 19 December 1964, during the second season. In the 21st century, wealthy researcher Henderson James keeps an illegal alien of a different kind in his laboratory. The alien, a beast known as a megasoid, is the last of its kind on Earth. It was imported under the table by a corrupt space captain bribed by James and it is incredibly dangerous. The m... more

"The Duplicate Man" is an episode of the original The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 19 December 1964, during the second season. In the 21st century, wealthy researcher Henderson James keeps an illegal alien of a different kind in his laboratory. The alien, a beast known as a megasoid, is the last of its kind on Earth. It was imported under the table by a corrupt space captain bribed by James and it is incredibly dangerous. The megasoid escapes the lab and Henderson James decides the only way to destroy it before it reproduces is to send out a clone of himself to assassinate the alien. Clones are extremely restricted by law in the 21st century but again James finds that money talks. He spends $100,000 to buy himself one and programs it to hunt down the megasoid. But things complicate once the duplicate, with a hint from the megasoid, realizes what he is. "In all the universe, can there be creatures more strange than the species called Man? He creates and destroys; he... less